FIVE ENGLISH PORCELAIN TURQUOISE-GROUND MONOGRAMMED SOUP PLATES AND THREE DINNER PLATES (17)
Possibly Minton, circa 1860
Each with a central gilt monogram inside a turquoise and gilt border of foliate scrolls, 26cm diameter; also six Copelands blue and gilt plates , 23.5cm diameter; a pair of English porcelain cake plates, 25cm diameter, and a blue and gilt porcelain plate
Bidding ended. Lot is unsold.
Monogrammed plates- one dinner plate with a crack running around the well, approx. 12cm length. Another dinner plate with a nick to the rim. Another with overall crazing to the glaze. Some overall wear.
6 Copeland plates- all with cracks and staining.
Pair of cake plates- one with small chip to underside of the rim. Overall minor wear.
Blue and gilt plate- some wear to the gilding
Provenance: Hylda and Lewis Gilbert, Sheldrake Place, London.
Lewis Gilbert (d.2018), the celebrated film director, producer and screenwriter, best known for his 007 James Bond movies and Alfie.
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